BYSEE GM Ashley Liang Wang Elected to CFAA Regulatory Committee and Presents Keynote at Yichang Annual Conference

From October 15 to 17, 2025, the “2025 Industry Annual Conference of the Nutritional Fortifiers and Special Nutritional Foods Professional Committee & Regulatory and Technical Professional Committee,” hosted by the China Food Additives and Ingredients Association, co-organized by Angel Yeast Co., Ltd. and Beijing JinKangPu Food Science & Technology Co., Ltd., and supported by the Yeast Function Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, was successfully held in Yichang, Hubei. Over 150 representatives from domestic and international nutritional food ingredient manufacturers and marketers, food processing companies, trading companies, inspection institutions, testing equipment suppliers, raw material bases, and universities and research institutes gathered to discuss new developments in science, regulation, and industry, attracting wide coverage from media outlets including China Food News and Food Partner Network.

 

As a long-term partner of the Association, BYSEE fully participated in the conference. Ms. Ashley Liang Wang, General Manager of BYSEE, delivered a keynote speech titled “Progress of Probiotic Regulations Domestic and International” at the main venue. Using the Codex Alimentarius (International Food Code) standards as a starting point, her report systematically reviewed regulatory differences and compliance highlights across five major markets:

  • European Union: Analyzed EFSA’s Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) mechanism, emphasizing that “inclusion in the QPS list only exempts part of the safety evaluation; strain-level identification, phenotype, and genotype analysis are still required.”
  • China: Compared the dynamic update paths of the List of Approved Probiotic Strains for Food and the List of Approved Probiotic Strains for Infant Foods, highlighting that both “availability” and “functional claim” require dual approval.
  • United States: Reviewed the differences between FDA GRAS and NDI pathways, noting that “a GRAS notification for a strain does not equate to end-product functional claims; DSHEA or food law compliance is still required.”
  • Japan: Explained the tiered FOSHU and FFC system, clarifying that “even after a strain is on the approved list, separate applications for functional claims or specific health food approval are required.”
  • South Korea: Introduced the requirement that health functional foods must use MFDS-approved functional ingredients, follow approved conditions, and claim only approved health benefits, with ingredients classified as “common-use” or “individually approved.”

 

During the conference, participants conducted in-depth discussions on the revision of the General Rules for Nutritional Labeling of Pre-packaged Foods, updates to GB 29922 for special medical foods, and the development of guidelines for food additive production licenses. Experts including Director Xu Jiao, Researchers Fang Haiqin, Zhang Jianbo, and Song Yan from the Nutrition Center of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center; Professor Ding Gangqiang, Chief Nutrition Expert, and Researcher Huang Jian from the Chinese CDC; Secretary Xu Yang from the Law School of Beijing Technology and Business University; Senior Engineer Peng Yafeng from Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision and Inspection Technology; Director Liu Ming from China National Research Institute of Food Fermentation Industry; and Professor Wang Hao from Tianjin University of Science & Technology, along with guest speakers from Angel Yeast, BYSEE, Lianyungang JinKang Heshin, Zhengzhou Reap, Shanghai Licheng, Mingyue Seaweed, Tianjin Jianfeng, Zhongen Pharmaceutical, and SGS, shared insights on national standards for nutritional fortifiers, food additive regulations, technological innovations, product analysis, development, and industry trends.

 

Following strict review by the Committee Secretariat and internal voting, Ms. Ashley Liang Wang was officially elected as a member of the Regulatory and Technical Committee of the China Food Additives and Ingredients Association. With over 20 years of experience in food regulation and participation in domestic and international standard development, she will bring international perspective and industrial expertise to the Committee, supporting the alignment of China’s probiotic standards with international norms.

 

The conference showcased the innovation and development potential of China’s nutritional fortifiers and special nutritional foods industry and highlighted BYSEE’s professional capabilities and industry influence in food regulatory and scientific affairs.